Print and Manuscript Collections
The collections of the Rare Books and Special Collections department of the Thomas Fisher Library are many and varied, reflecting the wide diversity of research conducted at the University of Toronto by its own faculty and students, visiting scholars, and the general public. Chronologically, the print and manuscript collections range from a 1789 B.C. Babylonian cuneiform tablet from Ur, to contemporary artists’ books.
In addition to the general rare book collections, the holdings of books and other printed material are organized in over one hundred special author or subject collections, focussing on fields as diverse as AIDS, Aristotle, Birdsall Bindings, Darwin, Aldous Huxley, Incunabula, Libretti, Petlice, Printed Ephemera and the Spanish Civil War.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4Collection of textbooks and other materials relating to the history of education in Europe and North America dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century originally held by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Consists of books and periodicals.
Collection of works in Hebrew that belonged to Toronto photographer and teacher Orah Buck. Consists of books.
Collection of materials from the working library of Jewish-Czech artist, art historian and writer Otto Schneid (1900–1974) along with copies of his unpublished manuscripts. The collection emphasizes Jewish art and artists of the twentieth century, and includes biographical material, correspondence, and artworks. Consists of books, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs, and prints.
Collection of works by, about, and from the personal library of Canadian poet Richard Outram (1930–2005). The collection includes materials published by Gauntlet Press, the now defunct Canadian private press founded by Outram and his wife Barbara Howard (1926–2002). Consists of books, broadsides, manuscripts, pamphlets, and periodicals.